Clothes washer



' July 20,1926'. A

H. A. DAvls n019mm wAHER Filed April 2. 1925 Patented July'Y 20, 1926.

,FFECE- t HERBERT A. DAVIS, OF LA. GRANGE, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES WASHER.

Application filed April 2, 1825. Serial No. 26,056.

- This invention lrelates to an improved clothes washing accessoryadapted to be re-l movably placed within an vordinary copper orgalvanized wash boiler for the purpose t of assistingin the properboiling'of soiled clothes. It is van object o-f this invention toprovide an ordinary wash boiler with an auxiliary device adapted'l to beplaced within the boiler upon the bottom thereof, said device having thebase thereof arranged with a transverse partition and' with siderecesses to materially increase the efiiciency of the auxiliary deviceso that clothes within the boiler may be thoroughly boiled.

It is also an object of this invention to provide an auxiliary devicefor a wash boiler, said device having a base of improved construction tocause a sheet of water to circulate through the boiler under and aroundsaid base to canse` the auxiliary device to wash or boil clothes moreefficiently.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an ordinary clothesboiler with an auxiliary boiler device wherein a heavy base member hasapertured upright pipes connected thereto and has the interior. of thebase divided by means of a transverse partition to cause a forcedcirculation through each of the upright pipes independently of the otherVto facilitate boiling` of clothes within the boiler.

Itis an important object of this invention to provide an improvedauxiliary boiler device for userin an ordinary wash boiler, said boilerdevice being of simplel and improved constructionwith the base thereofdesigned to not only improve the circulation of the hot water within theboiler by means of an increased circulation of the water in the form ofa sheet through elongated recesses in the sides of the base, but alsohaving partition means within the base whereby each of a plurality ofsteam spray pipes may be independently supplied with steam pressuregenerated in the respective base chambers of the device.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the dis- 59 closures in the specification and the accompanyingdrawings.

. This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawingsand hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

F igurel is a side elevation of an ordinary clothes boiler having yoneof the side walls thereof brolren away to illustrate the improvedclothes washer device embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the clothes washer removed from theboiler.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken on line IIL-HI ofFigure 2.

Figure 4: is a transverse section taken on line IV-IV of Figure 3.

As shown on the drawings: o o

The reference numeral l indicates an ordinary copper or galvanized tinwashboiler with the cover removed. The boiler is adapted tohaveremovably placed therein a clothes washer device embodying theprinciples of this invention and comprising a heavy iron hollow baseembracing the top plate 2 and a downwardly directed peripheral iiange 3.The base plate has straight sides while the ends thereof are rounded orsemi-circular as clearly illustrated in Figure 2. l Each of the sidefiange walls of the base has the lower margin thereof cut away toaffordan elongated longitudinal recess or openingi leaving the end portions ofthe base iiange in the form of legs which are adapted to rest upon theinner face of the bottom of the boiler as illustrated in Figure l.A Thebase is provided with a middle transverse partitionor wall 5 the bottom,edge

of which terminates in the plane of the edges of the recesses d. Thetransverse partition y5 divides the interior of the base into a pair lofchambers 6. Integrally formed on the top of the base section are aplurality of upwardly directed sleeves or collars 7 which are internallythreaded to removably receive the lower threaded ends of a plurality ofupright spray pipes or nozzles 8 each of which is provided with aplurality of rows Lof spray apertures 9. Rigidly secured on the top ofeach of the spray pipes 8 is a cap 10.

The operation is as follows:

The improved clothes washer of this invention is adapted to be placedwithin an ordinary clothes boiler with the heavy base thereof resting orstanding upon the inner face of the bottom plate of the boiler. The basesection is made heavy and may be constructed of cast metal such as ironhaving a copper coating, The base section is purposely made heavy sothat the improved device will remain firmly seated in position withinthe boiler and furthermore be of sulicient strength to rigidly supportthe apertured stand-pipes.

After the improved clothes washer has been placed in position within theboiler l the boiler is lilled with water and s'oi'led clothes with the lvel of the water below the level ot' the closure caps l() of the pipes 8(Figure l). The boi-ler with its lid in posit-ion may now be placed onan ordinary stove or a gas stove as the case may be, to permit the waterwithin the boiler to be heated to a boiling temperature by the heat fromthe stove. Then the water is boiling within the boiler, circulation is,of course, set up so that the clothes will be boiled to facilitatewashing ot the same.

By using the improved clothes washer of this invention in an ordinarytype ot Wash boiler the circulation of water and` steam is materiallyincreased. This is brought about by the improved construction of thebase of the device which as clearly illus# trat-ed in Figure 3 isprovided with the side elongated recesses el. These recesses aredisposed opposite to one another and permit a sheet ot hot Water to passthrough the sides of the base and upwardly over the top thereof insubstantially the 'form ot a sheet or ribbon of boiling water so that anincreased circulation ot' boiling water is obtained within the boiler tothoroughly agit-ate the clothes to loosen or boil out the dirt containedtherein. In addition to the im'- proved circulation ot the water bymeans of the side recesses in the base ot' the device the transversepartition 5 in the base divides said base into a plurality ot chambersso that a steam pressure is generated in each ot' said chambers with apressure head Sullicient to permit a forced upward circulation ot steamthrough each ot' the apertured steam spray pipes S independently of oneanother. rl`he steam under pressure passing upwardly through therespective pipes 8 is forced out of the apertures 9 in all directionsand into the clothes within the boiler so that the clothes are quicklyand thoroughly boiled.

The base is made heavy for the purpose of forming a stable device whichwill not be readily moved and which will be of a weight sullicient tootiset the ypressure of the steam generated in the chambers of said baseso that the pressure of the steam in the spray pipes 8 will not upset ormove the de vice within the boiler.

The improved clothes washer device of this invention with the partitionand the heavy Abase for holding the apertured spray pipes, is an advancein the Washing art and affords a means whereby boiling of clothes isgreatly improved so ythat clothes may be thoroughly boiled within a'very short time within an ordinary clothes boiler so that steam under:pressure is forced outwardly' through the spray pipes through theclot-hes and through the boiling water Within said boiler. The chamberedarrangement of the base permits each of the spray pipes S to beindependently provided with steam pressure from its respective basecham-ber, while the elongated side recesses in the base greatly increasethe Lcirculation of water and steam within the boiler Iand through theclothes.

l am aware that 'many changes may be made and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through a wide ra-nge with` out departingfrom the principle of this invention, and I therefore do not purposelimiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by theprior art.

l claim as my invention:

The combination with a clothes boiler, of a clothes washer devicedisposed therein, comprising a heavy base plate, a downwardly directedflange integrally formed on the periphery of said base plate to afford astand for the base plate, said flange having the side .vallsthereof cutaway to ali'ord a pair of oppositely disposed longitudinal recesses, atransverse partition integrally formed within said base dividing theinteri'or thereof into a plurality of chambers, the lower edge 'or' saidartition terminating in the plane of the e ges of the cut away portionsof the base side Walls, and apertured spray pipes projecting verticallyfrom said base plate andl communicating with said chambers therein.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HERBERT A. DAVIS.

